The textiles machines are of historic significance as evidence of the transfer of haberdashery and tailoring of clothing from the Italian village to Fairfield in the Australia suburbs.
more details »The cape has historical significance as evidence of the experience of women in middle class families in the nineteenth century and of colonial millinery and clothing retail practices.
more details »This army kit is of historic significance as the evidence of a strong emotional bond with the Alpini army corps.
more details »This clothing collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a transfer of habits of dress from the Italian village to Australia.
more details »Discover the record collection of the Griffith Continental Music Club that featured members such as Al Grassby who was the Club’s early radio announcer.
more details »These tools of trade of Virginio Davi, who was a boot maker in Griffith in the early 1950s, are historically significant as evidence of a cottage trade transferred to Australia.
more details »This collection of knitting machines and tools is of historic significance as a family craft of the Griffith area handed down from mother to daughter, that may be traced back to a sixteenth century tradition in Northern Italy.
more details »See the silk wedding gown for Gertrude Pabst who lived in Germanton (later Holbrook) in the 1870s.
more details »Discover the Convict Cap dated 1852, the year convict transportation ended on the east coast of Australia.
more details »Discover the long sleeved woollen convict jacket made of ‘Parramatta cloth’, c.1830s-1840s.
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